貢献

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See also: 贡献 and 貢獻

Japanese

Kanji in this term
貢 献
こう
Grade: S 		けん
Grade: S
kan'on
Alternative spelling
貢獻 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

貢(こう)献(けん) • (kōken) ←こうけん (kouken)?

  1. contribution
    社(しゃ)会(かい)貢(こう)献(けん)
    shakai kōken
    contribution to society

Verb

貢(こう)献(けん)する • (kōken suru) ←こうけん (kouken)?transitive or intransitive suru (stem 貢(こう)献(けん)し (kōken shi), past 貢(こう)献(けん)した (kōken shita))

  1. to contribute; to make a contribution
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典 / 新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局 / 大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      貿(ぼう)易(えき)の振(しん)興(こう)に貢(こう)献(けん)する
      bōeki no shinkō ni kōken suru
      to make a contribution towards promoting foreign trade

Conjugation

Conjugation of "貢献する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 貢献し こうけんし kōken shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 貢献し こうけんし kōken shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 貢献する こうけんする kōken suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 貢献する こうけんする kōken suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 貢献すれ こうけんすれ kōken sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 貢献せよ¹
貢献しろ² 		こうけんせよ¹
こうけんしろ² 		kōken seyo¹
kōken shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 貢献される こうけんされる kōken sareru
Causative 貢献させる
貢献さす 		こうけんさせる
こうけんさす 		kōken saseru
kōken sasu
Potential 貢献できる こうけんできる kōken dekiru
Volitional 貢献しよう こうけんしよう kōken shiyō
Negative 貢献しない こうけんしない kōken shinai
Negative continuative 貢献せず こうけんせず kōken sezu
Formal 貢献します こうけんします kōken shimasu
Perfective 貢献した こうけんした kōken shita
Conjunctive 貢献して こうけんして kōken shite
Hypothetical conditional 貢献すれば こうけんすれば kōken sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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